Steppin' out

Birthday pup

Happy 5th birthday, Sloaner!

Houston, we have a walker

Our little lady is becoming more of a kid and less of a baby every day.  Case in point, she decided to take her first steps last weekend!  Here are some pics of the girl with her dog.

The cousins

It was so fun having all the cousins together for Aaron's birthday.  It will be total mayhem when all the babies are old enough to be running around...

Aaron's third birthday

The birthday celebrations continued as we came together to fete our Aaron turning three. Aunt Lizzie, David, Mimi and Poppa came into town for the big birthday bash, which was a rousing success, monkey cake and all. (And we reveled in our wisdom not to host 15 three-year-olds at our house!) Pictures of Aaron's birthday weekend are here. What a big boy he's become!

Talia turns one

Somehow a full year has passed since our little Talia entered the world.  We celebrated with the obligatory chocolate cake, which she promptly rejected.  (Maybe she is her mother's daughter after all.)  We've watched Talia grow from a tiny lump of sleep and tears to a smiling, laughing, crawling little being with opinions that are all her own.  She brings such immeasurable joy to our lives -- we are so lucky.  Happy first birthday, sweetheart.

Snow bunny

We had our fleeting taste of winter -- the snow stuck around for about five minutes.  Not that we're complaining!  A few more recent pics here.